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Tokuhei Wakao

Writer

Works as
Writer
Titles
3 on MovieCove · 60 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 20% in 30 days

What are Tokuhei Wakao's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
49%
Morality
39%
Bonds
12%
Purpose2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 2

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 0 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 1

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Melancholic
3
Romantic
2

How their films linger

Bittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Tokuhei Wakao's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Tokuhei Wakao's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

60 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.

  • Sakura sakazuki: gikyōdai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Writer

  • Sararīman Gonza to Sukejū ren'ai kōsa-ten (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Screenplay

  • A Night to Remember (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Screenplay

  • Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Screenplay

  • Taiyō Sensei Seishunki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Screenplay

  • The Tenth Game of New Salarymen: Salaryman Ittoru (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Screenplay

  • Structure of Hate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Screenplay

  • The Tenth Game of New Salarymen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Screenplay

  • A Maiko's Holiday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Screenplay

  • Sarariiman okusama kokoroe jō (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Screenplay

  • Oshichi's Vegetable Store: The No.1 Girl at the Edo Festival (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Screenplay

  • Salarygirl Story: Saucy Staff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Screenplay

  • Ginza Tomboy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Screenplay

  • The Poem of the Blue Star (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Writer

  • Salarygirl Book: Idle Talk, Back-Biting Chatter, Senseless Retorts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Screenplay

  • Leader of the Bomb Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Screenplay

  • A Salaryman's Ten Commandments (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Adaptation

  • The Entrapped Gangster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Screenplay

  • A Young Boss Tries Really Hard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Screenplay

  • One Step to Happiness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Screenplay

  • Female Detective Story: S.O.S Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Writer

  • Don't Make a Mistake! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Adaptation

  • Song for a Bride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Writer

  • The Girl in the Target (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Adaptation

  • Last Days of the Samurai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Screenplay

  • A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Writer

  • A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Writer

  • Achako's Diary: Bride-Catching Test (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Adaptation

  • Tenten Musume (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Screenplay

  • Engagement Ring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Screenplay

  • Achako's Diary: Children Who Spoil Their Children Go to Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Adaptation

  • Ohatsu's Unrequited Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Adaptation

  • Newlywed of the First Section (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Screenplay

  • The Hoodlum and the Young Master (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Screenplay

  • The Underworld (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Screenplay

  • Runaway Bride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Screenplay

  • Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island(1956)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • 大江戸出世双六 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Screenplay

  • Tactics of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Screenplay

  • So Deep in My Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Screenplay

  • Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple(1955)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Farewell, Innocence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Screenplay

  • Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Screenplay

  • Anmitsu Princess: Story of the Magic Competition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Screenplay

  • Wedding Season (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Writer

  • Anmitsu hime: Amakara shiro no maki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Screenplay

  • Kenkagarasu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Screenplay

  • Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto(1954)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Road of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Adaptation

  • Cheerful Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Screenplay

  • Maiko monogatari (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Screenplay

  • 快盗三人吉三 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Screenplay

  • Snowy Night Duel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Screenplay

  • Hiren tsubaki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Screenplay

  • お役者小僧 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Adaptation

  • Kettō gofun mae (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Screenplay

  • Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Adaptation

  • 花吹雪男祭り　 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Screenplay

  • Bored Hatamoto: The Demon of Chinatown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Screenplay

  • 風雲児 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Writer

Career shape

A full career of 60 titles from 1951 to 1969.

Highest rated

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)

Midcredits 93rd

Most popular right now

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing60 of 60: 60 only writing, 0 with another role

By decade

1950s45 · crew1960s15 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Tokuhei Wakao's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 91st percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 88th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

91stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 3 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3

Shape of the crowd

None of their 3 titles divides audiences: 2 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser2

Most loved · writer

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)

Midcredits 93rd · 83% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 57/100 and the plot and story 57/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Tokuhei Wakao work with?

People who share at least 2 of Tokuhei Wakao's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hiroshi Inagaki shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers